required ETDs as of August 1998, things went very smoothly; one department worried about pre-published status; 250 ETDs65% unlimited access; 35% campus only access; extended embargoing beyond patent, to personal request, 3-5 years; encourages jumping on board full-steam; most use PDF, open to alternate formats

William & Mary:

5 year pilot project; a few PDF ETDs; paying students in early pilot project and giving them software (Virginia Institute of Marine Science has about 20 ETDs)

Cal Tech:

will require ETDs in 2 years; first non-required ones online next year

NCSU:

2nd year accepting ETDs;

ETSU:

ETDs will be mandatory in 2000 after successful pilot project

UT:

pilot, PDF, July 1999 first ETD; problems with grad council - world's largest, hard to get policy changes; contention: decided not mandatory after pilot; worry that might have to hold paper; fear of faculty about derivative works not allowed: biochemistry, chemistry, English

LSU:

gathering information

JMU

: gathering information

Cincinatti:

gathering information

Miami U:

mandatory next year (using VT model) ; voted April to be mandatory next year

UTexas Galvinston:

"ETD wanna be"

Penn State:

pilot with 10 students this summer, 30 next fall; perhaps ETD option next spring